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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Connecticut. Amendment 2 changed the process for passing conveyance legislation in Connecticut. Denver, Colorado. Colorado mountains courtesy of MarekWk via Wikimedia Commons. Election Results = PASSED with 59%+ voter support. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Election Results = PASSED with 84%+ voter support.

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Regarding Snow Leopards

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). For example, the federal government owns less than 1% in Connecticut but nearly 80% in Nevada. There is one gigantic outlier: Alaska.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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Virginia (122), New Mexico (112); Texas (106); Colorado (106), and Pennsylvania (102). Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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Connecticut. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. wrote Heilke in Colorado. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. “A Personal Things. “A

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